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CHRYSOMELIDJE. 
surface with a transverse depression at each side, strongly and 
closely punctured. Scut ell urn broadly ovate. Elytra with very 
deep depression below base, base strongly convex ; surface strongly 
punctate-striate, more finely so towards the apex, apex entirely 
impunctate, flavous to a short extent. Femora unarmed, base 
fulvous. 
Length 34 mm. 
Hah. Manipur (Coll. Brit. Mas.). 
Thorax or elytra pubescent ; colour variable. 
002. Nodostoma pubieolle, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Bely, xxxix, 1895, 
p. 277. 
Nodostoma anchoralis, Jac. Mem. Soc. Ent. Bely, vii, 1900, p. 103. 
Testaceous ; apical joints of antennae, a central spot on head 
(sometimes absent), another on thorax, elytra] suture at middle 
and a spot behind the latter, black. 
Head closely and strongly punctured; clypeus not separated 
from the face, semicircularly emarginate in front ; antennae ex- 
tending to middle of elytra in male, 
shorter in female, basal four or five 
joints fulvous, rest black, third joint 
rather smaller than the fourth. 
Thorax half as broad again as long, 
sides more or less distinctly angulated 
near base ; anterior sulcus indistinct 
at middle; surface strongly and closely 
rugose-punctate, interstices finely and 
sparingly pubescent, a more or less 
developed black spot at middle. Elytra 
with shallow depression below base, 
ovate, rather convex, strongly punc- 
tate-striate, base irregularly punc- 
tured, punctures nearly as strong at 
apex; interstices more or less cos- 
tate anteriorly ; shoulders tuberculi- 
forrn, followed by another small tubercle posteriorly. Sides of 
breast sometimes piceous. Femora unarmed. 
Var. a. Elytral sutural stripe and spot connected at apex, 
anchor-shaped (N. anchoralis, Jac.). 
Var. b. Thorax and elytra without black markings. 
Length 3 mm. 
Hab. Madras Presidency : Madura ; Pondicherry ; Mysore 
(var. a). 
A variable species in regard to markings : these sometimes 
occupy the greater part of the head and thorax, while the mark- 
ings on the elytra may consist of two small streaks in the middle 
and the suture more or less black ; the species can, however, 
always be recognized by the rugose and pubescent thorax. 
